Investigating intraspecific variation of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli using DNA fingerprinting and whole cell fatty acid analysis

Phytopathology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-196

  Walcott, R R ^a   Langston Jr , D B ^a   Sanders Jr , F H ^a   Gitaitis, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANTALOUPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FUNGAL INFECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PUMPKIN; UNITED STATES; WATERMELON;

ACIDOVORAX; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0033977495     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2000.90.2.191     Document Type: Article

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